English novel - Aghast : Ch-10 I am sorry

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Chapter 10

It was dark in the corridor. The lights that should have been there were either stolen or broken by residents. A shadowy image walked down the corridor, slowly. And a few steps away from it were John, Anthony, and two of their friends; all crouched down, hiding behind a pillar. It seemed that they had decided today was the day to catch the thief, whatever the outcome. They were hiding behind the pillar for what seemed like forever, waiting for the thief to appear. As soon as they saw the shadow, their faces filled with delight. Finally, their efforts were going to be paid off, they thought. A joyful whispering started amongst them. 

“Careful.... this is going to be a our best chance to get him.” John murmured in a low voice, in order to encourage quietness.

They moved forward and hid behind another pillar. They were fully prepared and had preplanned, distributing individual tasks amongst them. One friend carried a black blanket with him. 

“ He's stopped... “ John said in low voice. 

The shadow stopped at one of the rooms. 

“ Whose room is that...? “ One of them asked.

“ Mary’s....”  Anthony answered.

The figure stood in front of Mary’s door, placing the key into the keyhole.

“ He has the key?”  Somebody whispered.

“ Must be a master key”

“ Or maybe a duplicate key. He seems well prepared”

“ He can’t deny it now ... we've caught him red handed.” John said enthusiastically. 

John and Anthony glanced back and signaled their friends to move forward. 

“ Come on... Let’s do it.” Anthony said.

The figure was trying to open the lock. 
Suddenly all of them rushed over to him. Anthony covered the thief with the blanket. John held him firmly. 

“ Hey first let’s beat him’’

His other friends started beating the thief.

“ Asshole...”

“ Show us where you have hidden the stuff.”

“ Uuuu ...Aaaa...” From under the blanket a trapped voice was coming, 

Suddenly the front door opened. Mary came out in confusion. She must have heard the noises going on in front of her room. As the door opened it illuminated the trapped figure in the blanket. 

“ What is going on here? “ Merry asked scared. 

“ We have caught the thief” Anthony said.

“ He was opening your door with the duplicate key” John said.

While holding the trapped thief, John felt something odd on thief’s body. In confusion, John put both his hands inside the blanket. As he put his hands inside, his grip eased and the image immediately came out. 

“Oh my God Nancy? Mary cried.

Nancy Collins, around 22 was a beautiful girl from their class. John was confused, still holding her breasts. She released herself and slapped John hard as she could.

Johns was clueless not knowing what to do next, he blurted out “I'm sorry. I'm really sorry”

“ We're sorry “ Anthony promptly apologized

“ But what are you all doing here at this time of the night? “ Mary asked in surprise, approaching Nancy and helping her to get up.

“Idiot... I was trying to surprise you. I came to wish you a happy birthday”  Nancy said in irritation. 

“ Oh, thank you... I mean sorry... are you OK?” Mary asked in confusion.

She then took Nancy into her room. As John tried to enter the room to apologize her, the door slammed shut in his face. 

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English novel - Aghast : Ch-9 A few days ago

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Chapter 9

 Sam was sat across from Detective Baker. Detective Baker was in charge of his particular police station. As soon as his phone had rung, Sam had lost all desire to play golf- this was more important. Immediately he had left and came to Detective Baker’s presinct instead of going to his own. As they completed their ‘Hi.. Nice to meet you’ formalities, Sam sat across him to listen to the information he had about the case. Detective Baker took a long pause. Though Sam did not show it on his face, his curiosity had reached to its peak. 

Detective Baker started to reveal the story, “A few days ago a case came to me.....

.... It was a beautiful town, beautiful green grass and quiet houses all around. The groups of houses seemed to be like groups of twinkling stars spread everywhere in the sky. And in the middle of the house groups was an ancient college building nestled in the town. 

In the college corridor there was a rush of students, as it was break time. Some students were chit chatting in groups while others were roaming around. John Carter, age around 22, smart, handsome, and his friend Anthony Clark, also aged around 22, were walking in the corridor, making their way through the halls like every other college students. 

John had told his friend, “Anthony, let’s go and sit in Dr. Albert’s class.”

“Are you sure? “ Anthony said back in surprise, “I mean, you ok?”

“Just, let’s go and check. Is he still here or did he leave already?” John must have said. Both of them burst out laughing as if remembering some incident.

Suddenly, while he is walking, John hints at a boy passing by. Anthony looked at him quizzically. 

“ That's the boy who's been stealing from the dorms.” John told him in low voice. 

By that time the boy had crossed them. Anthony looked back at the boy. Anthony also had lost a few things from his room. 

“How do you know? “ Anthony asked. 

“Just look at him.. Don’t you feel like he is a trained thief “ John said.

“That’s not sufficient enough! We need some proof” Anthony said.

“Alex also told me... He's seen him loitering around in the dorms late at night.” John said.

“ Really? Ok then. Let's teach him a lesson.” Anthony said enthusiastically. 

“ Yeah, one that he'll remember forever. “ John added.

“ If he lives that long.”  

Both of them laughed.

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Chapter 8

Sam was playing golf. It seemed that it was his daily practice to play golf in order to overcome his daily stress and tensions. He placed his ball on the tee, swung back and hit the ball hard. It then shot through the air, travelling directly for the green. When the ball eventually landed, it bounced three times and trembled slowly towards the hole stopping around six feet away. Sam went to the ball. He began to read the green, estimating the slope of the ground as he had done a thousand times before. He placed his putter behind the ball, slowly pulled back and then made perfect contact hitting the ball in the right direction with the right force. It treakled up to the cup face and dropped right into the hole. Sam's face beamed with triumph. This moment of pleasure was temporary though as his mobile rang. He saw the display caller. But the number seemed to be new. 

He pressed the button and attended the phone, ''Yes'' 

" Detective Baker here" came the voice from other side.

" Yes", Sam said, placing on his glove, preparing for the next hole.

" If I am not mistaken, you are in charge of the serial killer case ...'' 

'' Yeah" 

As there was the mention of  the serial killer case, Sam abandoned the thought of continuing his game.

" If you could come down and meet me, I've got some information about the case which might be useful." Baker said from the other end.

'' Yeah, Sure" He motioned his caddy to begin walking back to the clubhouse.

Sam fixed with Baker the time and place to meet and accompanied the caddy for the walk back. 

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English novel - Aghast : Ch-7 Ronald Parker

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Chapter 7

Ronald Parker, aged around 25, a stylish and handsome man, was slept in his bedroom. He was stirring impatiently indicating that he was disturbed. For a while, he tried to sleep, stirring, moving, but sleep would not come. He got out of his bed, took a look around and then sat down again. He took a magazine from beside the bed, lied back and leafed through it. There was a nude figure on the front cover. 
Sex is the best way to relax, he thought to himself.

 Suddenly a loud ‘THUD’ sound came from the other room.

Startled and disturbed from his pleasurable thoughts,  he got up. 

What sound is it?

I’ve never heard it before..

Why am I so afraid and disturbed?...

Probably because of the mood I have been in today...

He went to the bedroom door, and unlocked it. He slowly opened the door and peeked outside.

After he looked around in the house, he entered the foyer, switched on the lights, and looked around. There was nothing odd or out of place. 

Everything is as it is...

He switched off the lights and went into the kitchen. 

In the kitchen, it was also dark. He switched on the lights and glanced around. Again, everything was in order.  Now he seemed to have overcome from his fears. 

There is nothing there.

Unnecessary I got scared...

As he was about to return to his room, something in the sink caught his attention. His eyes widened, fear crept over his face and he began to sweat. He started trembling. 
He saw a severed piece of flesh on the sink with blood swimming around it. Without losing a second he ran from the kitchen. He was not sure what to do next. He went to the bedroom, slammed shut the door and latched it from the inside. 

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English novel - Aghast :Ch-6: Panic

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 Sam was sat sipping a coffee with his associate officer, intently the serial killer case. From their gestures it was evident that the discussion going on in between them was of extreme importance. In between their speech, they were taking small swigs of the coffee in order to stay alert. Suddenly, a TV news report grabbed their attention.

“ The body of a second victim was found today, the similarity and brutality of this murder being identical to another body found earlier this week. Such connections have lead many to feel that we are faced with a possible serial killer. It is believed that the bodies have been found in rooms which have been locked from inside, however the police are unwilling to comment upon this. Whilst the city braces itself for the news of any further killings, residents near the crime scene, although shaken by the events, have been comforted by revealing the information that both victims had extensive criminal records which may be the motive for the killer's actions, although the police are at present not willing to comment upon this.”

“ Well if its media attention the killer wants, he's certainly starting to get it” Sam told his associate.

 But the officer seated across from Sam did not comment, fully absorbed in the news report.

There was panic everywhere in the city. The serial killer was openly roaming around and the police were unable to catch him.

How many more names were on his list?

Who was his next victim?

And why he was killing these people?

With some purpose? Or without any?...

Nobody knew the answers.

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English novel - Aghast :Ch-5: A piece of flesh

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Chapter 5

Children were playing in the playground without a care in the world. Suddenly the sirens of police cars roared into the air, scaring the youngsters who ran back to their parents. Police cars were driving ferociously on the road. The cars departed with the speed with which they came and turned to the right on the next turn. 

Police cars stopped by the house, making an ear-splitting siren noise. As soon as the cars stopped, the team, under the leadership of Sam, left the cars and ran towards the house. 

" The two of you go and look around the house", Sam ordered to his two teammates.

They left behind the group and started investigating, one from the right side of the house and the other from the left. Detective Sam and the other members assembled at the front door. Jeff pressed the doorbell. It rang, but no movement came from inside. They waited for a while before Jeff rang the doorbell again before knocking also. 

" Hello? Is anybody there? Open the door!", Jeff exclaimed.

One of them knocked the door again. But there was no movement inside. Sam was becoming annoyed.

He ordered, “Kick it open."

Jeff and his two colleagues were literally banging on the door.

" Here. Push here with force", Sam advised.

" No”, replied one of the colleagues, “the latch would be somewhere here"

" Forcefully”, Jeff advised. “Give it some more force"

" Everybody just don't just be pushing. Somebody keep a guard on us", Sam instructed.

 
At last they kicked the door open. As the door opened, the team rushed in. Detective Sam was entering cautiously holding his pistol straight in front of him. The others followed him guarding each other. As they were about to spread throughout the house, they caught sight of a dreadful scene in the hall. Their facial expressions faded away. It was Paul's corpse lying on the sofa, his neck cut, eyes bulged out, head turned to one side, and the things in the hall littered around. He was also murdered in almost the exact same way as Steven Smith. It was evident from the littered things that he too had put up a fight for survival. 

" Search around in the house" Sam ordered. 

Three-four members of the team spread all over the house. 

" Search in the bedroom too" Sam continued.

Detective Sam looked around in the room. He saw the TV screen spotted with a blood streamlet and the piece of flesh lying on the top. Sam signalled for one of the investigation team members. Immediately he went to the TV and started to collect the evidence from there. Then Sam’s attention was drawn to the windows of the hall. Again, the windows were locked from inside. Suddenly something odd on the sofa caught Sam's attention. 
He reached out and touched it. It was a collection of hairs lying on the sofa, beside the corpse. 
A strange silence filled the air. One of the investigation team members came forward and bagged the bunch. Jeff was looking at the bunch and the piece of flesh alternatively. His mind... not only his mind, almost everyone’s mind was filled with so many unanswered questions. But to whom they should ask was the next immediate question.

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Free Novels - Aghast Ch-4: Paul Roberts

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Chapter 4

Paul Roberts, a 25  year old with black, curly hair, around height five feet ten inches tall and average build, was sleeping in his bedroom. The room itself was not at all well kept with empty wine bottles, pornographic magazines and all sorts of distasteful items littered around. The bedroom walls were plastered with posters of naked or semi naked models of his choosing. His bedroom was quite similar to the Steven's, the only difference was that his bedroom had two windows, although these were also closed and latched. The windows were not closed due to the air conditioning but rather as a  form of protection. He was sleeping on a thick, soft, silky bed, and held a similar, thick, soft silky pillow tightly at his chest. He was stirring restlessly. When he felt that he could no longer sleep, he got up. He seemed to be disturbed. He strolled around the room, uneasily. He put on the slippers which he religiously kept in the corner of the room and then left.

What to do now? ...

He thought and went towards the kitchen. He walked into the kitchen and switched on the light. Then he went to the fridge, opened it, and took out a water bottle. Quickly, due to his insatiable thirst, he drank the whole bottle in a few gulps. Holding the empty bottle in his hand, he went to the foyer.

The foyer was in complete darkness. Paul sat on a chair.


Let's watch TV...

He pondered this idea and then picked up the remote which he kept on a side table. As he switched on the TV, his eyes went wide, his face became pale and sweaty, and he started shivering dreadfully. He saw the stream of blood slowly trickling down from the top of the TV and beginning to run down the TV screen. Suddenly he got up, fumbled, and switched on the light in the room.

There is nobody in the room..

Then how did it happened..

He looked at the TV
Shuffling he ran to the telephone and dialled a number. A big piece of fresh flesh was kept on the top of the TV, which was still bleeding.
He picked up the telephone and began to dial a number with his trembling hands.

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Chapter 3

Detective Sam sat in his office at the police station. An officer, Craig, then walked in and handed him over the post-mortem documents. Sam leafed through them and the officer sat beside him, briefing him in between about the post-mortem report.

“ It says that the neck cut is the cause of his death, but the post-mortem did not reveal any information about the actual weapon used for the murder”

“ Amazing?” Sam said, again, almost to himself, “And what about the hairs found at the site?” 

“ We examined those ... but they were not human hair.” Craig said.

“Not human hairs?” 

“Maybe the killer is inhuman.” Just then another officer came into the room and,  jokingly, joined their conversation. 

And although what he said was meant to be humorous, they didn’t speak for a while, rather, they simply looked at each other. There was an awkward silence in the room. 

“ I mean it must be from a coat or clothing.” Craig commented, trying to normalize the atmosphere. 

“Any clue about the motive?" Sam continued, asking Craig and completely ignoring the other officer.

“ Everything valuable in the house was intact, and we found no fingerprints other than the victims.”

“Well, if the suspect is inhuman, they don't need any motive”, the officer intruded again jokingly. 

Again few seconds passed with an awkward silence.

“ Look officer, this is an extremely serious matter here, so please, for God’s sake don’t talk nonsense like this. It’s not even funny” Sam warned the officer. 


The officer looked slightly embarrassed and Sam returned to his previous conversation.


“I've been reading the victim's file, he's got quite an impressive record. We could be dealing with some sort of revenge from an old enemy”

“If he only kills criminals...” The officer again tried to intrude between them. 


Sam looked at him with an angry glare.

“ I mean ... If he only kills criminals, at least it makes our job easier.” The officer said with no humour in his voice and using his words carefully. 

“ Remember it's our job to protect and serve...” Sam said.

“ Even to criminals?’’ the officer asked bitterly.

Sam did not speak anything; in fact he probably didn’t have an answer to that.

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Chapter 2

There was the usual morning rush, people hurrying for the office, traffic on the road. Therefore it was quite crowded and compact, excluding a police vehicle which rushed through the crowd. The atmosphere around became tense, as the vehicle was rushing with its ear splitting siren sound. The crowd on the road split immediately to provide a way through. The ones who were walking on the footpath were looking back at the departing vehicle with curious, fearful expressions on their faces. As the vehicle departed it left a notion of tension on the road for a while yet things gradually returned to normality. 

A forensic team member was stood investigating at the open door of the bedroom. He was searching rigorously for any sort of possible evidence through his thick glass lens. Suddenly he heard the sound of shoes, somebody walking with great discipline. 

Before he could turn he heard a stern voice, “Where is the body?’’
“Sir, Here ... here inside...” He stood up straight and regained his posture as a mark of respect.
The man he addressed as 'sir' was Detective Sam White, around 35-36, highly disciplined, height around 6ft 2 inches with a very strong build. Sam went in, in the direction shown by his team member.

When Sam reached the bedroom, he saw Steven’s corpse lying in a pool of blood on the bed. His eyes were bulged out and the neck and head were left hanging to one side. His neck was cut and it was apparent from the condition of the bed that he must have struggled hard to survive. Sam surveyed around. One of his team members was brushing objects in an attempt to find some sort of clue and another other one was busy taking photographs.

His other team member briefed him up -


“ Sir the victim is Steven Smith, 25 ...”

“ Got any fingerprints?” Sam asked him before he had finished his briefing.

“ No sir... not yet” 

“ Make sure everything is covered” Sam instructed the photographer passing by.

“ Yes sir” he promptly replied.

Suddenly Sam’s attention was caught by something odd. 
He went to the bedroom door. The latch and the portion around it was broken.
“The killer must have entered in by kicking open the door. ” Sam said.
Then came the voice of Jeff, another member of the  team. Jeff was around 35, very short, fat and had a less than distinguished appearance. 

“No sir, actually I broke it. When we arrived, the door was locked from the inside.” 


“ You broke it?” Sam said in surprise.

“ Yes sir” 

“ Back to your old routine then Mr. Bell” Sam said jokingly, but not showing so on his face.


“ Yes sir, I mean no sir.”

Sam turned and threw a glance at the room’s only window. It was closed, naturally, as the room was air conditioned. 

“If the door was locked from inside, and the windows were closed, then how did the killer enter the room? “ Sam asked, almost to  himself. 

Astonished, everybody looked at each other. Nobody had an answer.


“ More importantly sir, how the hell did he escape?” Jeff said.

The detective simply gave Jeff a stern look.
Suddenly everybody's attention was caught by an investigating officer who  had recovered some pieces of hairs around the bed.

“ Hairs? Bag them and get them to the labs.” Sam instructed.

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It was a dark, gloomy night and raining ferociously. In the evening air, the sound of cricket’s chirping was the only noise to be heard. On one huge tree near the bungalow, an owl, soaked in the rain water, sat still. Its penetrating flitting eyes moved around and settled on a window through which light was coming out. It was the only window of the bungalow which was illuminated with the rest of the lights ceasing to be on. Suddenly a group of pigeons sat at the window for some shelter before flying off in a hurry, fluttering their wings in fear.  They may have sensed the presence of some invisible being there. Since the window glasses were opaque, coloured white, the interior of the room was not visible. 

Was an invisible being present at the window? 

And if yes ... Was it trying to enter in?

Luckily, the window was latched from the inside.


In the bedroom, a figure could be seen laying in bed. As the figure turned around in sleep its face turned to  the other side, making it impossible to determine who it was. On the bedside table a spectacle was kept, probably the figure would have removed it before going to bed. All around in the bedroom were bottles of wine, newspapers, magazines, all spread clumsily around. The bedroom door was closed and latched from the inside. The one and only window of the bedroom was closed and latched as it was an AC room. Again the figure sleeping turned around, this time making their face to visible. 

His name was Steven Smith, around 25-26, thin build, some sparse stubbles visible on his face. His eyes were surrounded with round black spots formed by some sort of spectacles. Something had started to approach Steven, slowly and steadily.

Suddenly, as Steven sensed it in the sleep, he got up startled. Whatever it was, was standing right in front of him, ready to attack. A fear crept over Steven’s face, he was trembling, sweating and was panting within a fraction of a second. Before he could resist or get away, it attacked him. A helpless, horrified scream spread all around the room. 


And then there was silence again. Just as it was before.

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Aghast - A horror suspense thriller novel based on my english screenplay 'Latched', registered with Film Writer's Association, Andheri, Mumbai is starting from 17th April in blog form. The story is again, like the previous novel, is based in the western, American premises. I hope the readers will give the equal response to this novel as they have given, and still are giving to the previous novel 'Zero'

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Ch-1:Happy Go Unlucky Ch-2:The sky falls Ch-3 : World under underworld Ch-4: Where is she? Ch-5: Heart beats again.. Ch-6: Blank Mail.. Ch 7- Heart beats again Ch 8- One More Ch 9A- First Mistake Ch 9B- First Mistake Ch 10- My God! Ch 11- Deceit Ch-12A First Date Ch-12B First Date Ch-13 Picture of Zero... Ch-14 Chase Ch-15 : What’s wrong? Ch-16 : Love Ch-17 : Boss rings Ch-18 : Command2's plan Ch-19 : Plan fails? Ch-20 : Boss sends message Ch-21 : Police City branch head visits John Ch-22 : Detective. Ch-23 : Happy birth Day. Ch-24 : Utin Hopper Ch-25 : Time Deceits? Ch-26 : Rishi Ch-27 : Investigation Ch-28 : Raid Ch-29 : Boss phones Ch-30A : Press conference Ch-30B : Press conference Ch-31 : Politics Ch-32 : Vacation Ch-33 : Some Clues Ch-34A : Fishing Ch-34B : Fishing Ch-35 : Four hours

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Ch-67B: we all come from void (Zero) and vanish in void (zero) at last. ( Novels - Zero )

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City police branch head sat out in the lawn, relaxing, taking small swigs of morning tea leisurely. He was retired now; in fact due to his retirement only, John could work on the case properly, and could get the credit of the case completely. City police branch head was a member of a terrorist organization, who used to pressurise him to create obstacles in the case on which John was working. Dr. Kayum khan and Ex city police branch head never met before but they were the member of same terrorist organization. When Dr. Kayum Khan realized about his insecure future, he requested to his superiors to transfer the responsibility from him to somebody else. His superior had suggested him the name of Retired City branch police head as his successor.

Still taking the swigs of tea, he was recalling the recent events. A day before Dr. Kayum Khan's death he had visited him. He just revealed that the organization superiors had sent him to handover the charge. Dr. Kayum Khan didn’t speak much, just handed him a plastic pack, wished him best luck, and left. When Dr. Kayum Khan was killed and his photos flashed in the newspapers and on the TV channels, then only Ex city branch police head knew that he was Dr. Kayum Khan.
After finishing his tea, Ex city police branch head opened the plastic pack given by Dr. Kayum Khan. It contained some instruction documents; he precisely went through it. His heart started pounding with excitement. His blood was pumping with thrill. Though he was retired from the post of City branch police head, the organization had handed over him the responsibility of zero mystery, to continue similar serial killings in the other major cities. He kept aside the documents and peeked in the plastic pack. It contained an ancient worn out book. He took it out carefully, turned over few pages. It also contained the English notes tucked in between. He went thought those notes. Dr. Kayum Khan had transferred the astrological knowledge to him. Ex city branch police head was thrilled with happiness. He thought -

Is this a reward of serving the organization or his destiny...

As he went on reading the notes in the book, he was totally convinced that it must be a part of his destiny...

Pure, milky white water was making a melodious sound while flowing through rocks in the river. The rishi was walking along the bank of the river with the flowing water. After some time he reached his rocky cave. He stopped at the entrance, looked around, as if imbibing the beauty of the nature around with his luminous eyes. Then he leisurely went into his cave. It was dim light in the cave; he went to his seat, where he used to meditate. He arranged his seat properly and sat for meditation. In the dim light also his face was glowing. An illuminating circle could be seen around his head, like a big circle.

Slowly and gradually he concentrated and became still on void...

His eyes closed. He became still.

Ignorant from the era, the place and his body his consciousness became free to travel anywhere in the cosmos.

Then there was nothing..

No thoughts, no existence...

Nothing...

Everything was void...

Everything was zero...


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John was driving his car in full speed. As the car came out of the city, the traffic on the road reduced, the feeling of loneliness troubled him more intensely. As John saw on the road side, the locality and the houses also became sparser as he was leaving the city behind. After traveling some distance outside the city, his car took left turn and started running on the boulder road, poorly built road. A cloud of dust rose up as he was driving on the road. He had to slow down his car due to the quality of the road and the dust rising in the way. Though the distance on the boulder road was not much, but it took about half an hour to reach the destination. At last his car stopped by the large wire fence. He got down parking the vehicle at the road side. He picked up the huge wreath from the back seat. He looked ahead; a huge rusted board of cemetery was hanged on the gate. Carrying the wreath he entered the cemetery. He walked in with heave heart and trembling legs.. He reached atomb. He glanced at the letters carved on the tomb. It was Anjeni’s tomb.

His Anjeni...

He offered the wreath on her tomb, stood quiet for a while with closed eyes and wished peace for her soul. The memories of her serious, naughty, innocent moods flashed through his mind. When he opened his eyes,  his eyes were welled up.

They had chosen to spend their life with each other...

But it didn’t worked..

Do our desires have any value? ...

Human desires had zero value... we are just a puppet in the hands of our destinies.. .

His tears tricked down his cheeks, and a drop fell on the tomb exactly in the center of the wreath. As he looked at the wreath he thought -

Really how strange human life is! We all come from void (Zero) and vanish in void (zero) at last....

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Original Novel by Sunil Doiphode
English Version by Mugdha Apte

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Ch-66B: Zero mystery ( Online Novel - Zero )

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Reporters started firing questions at John -

“ Who is Dr. Kayum Khan?”

“ How Vinay Joshi and Dr. Kayum Khan came together”

“ Which organization they belonged to?”

“ How both of them got killed? At least one of them should have survived”

“ Is police trying to hide something?”

“ Can we assume that the problem is solved by killing both of them?”

“ How deep this terrorism is going to be?”

“ Hindu terrorism, Is it one more terrorism in the list?’’

“ One at a time please” John said confidently and sternly.

Crowd became calm for a while.

“ Today I have got all the answers related to this case .. .Therefore you need not hurry ... and since the case is closed I am totally free that way...” First time John was talking freely before reporters.

Some of the reporters giggled, the environment around became free.

One of them came forward to ask a question -
“ I think America is facing the Hindu terrorism for the first time... How seriously we should take it?”

John answered -
“ The incidence of a Zero mystery is not a simple some kind another daily incident... It’s been a first incident in the American history, so wisely and perfectly planned. When we went to the root of this incident, we found some important facts. When you will come to know about these facts, I think you will totally agree with me.
Fact no. 1 - The ‘Zero mystery’ is nowhere related to Hindu terrorism or Hindu religion. They are purposely related, in fact such an illusion is created so that the enemy could achieve their desired goals.
Fact no. 2 - Father of 'Zero mystery' Dr. Kayum Khan is not concerned with any Hindu organization, in fact he is a member of a terrorist organization.
Fact no.3 - 'Zero mystery' could be called as proxy terrorism. Their objective behind conducting this operation was to ruin the relations between India and America, which are getting better these days, and in turn ruin their economies.

John took a deep breath before continuing -
“Therefore I would like to inform the whole world through you that 'Zero mystery' operation is not a Hindu terrorism, but such illusion is created purposely by them.... Whoever we are ... may be American or Indians we should not be victims of that illusion.... it would be equally harmful for both... Americans and Indians... ''

'' But what about the audio released on the Internet? ... It gives some different message and impression.'' Another reporter asked.

John regarded him and spoke,

" It was an attempt to provoke Indians and Americans against each other, and unfortunately to some extent they have succeeded in it."

" As you said... I don't think so called 'Zero mystery' or whatever, would be that much harmful as you are creating the picture, except few riots here and there" One of the reporter commented.

" As they created havoc in this city by operating 'Zero mystery' .. they were planning to start similar operation in the other major cities of America too... But fortunately we caught them before they could continue... In all these incidences at first glance we see that there would not be much harm to America... But if we see in depth, the picture would be different.... Today India is the only country whose majority of people are working here, some of them got American nationality too.. If all these people are made ineffective at once by provoking or by other means ... it will adversely affect our economy... Similarly most of American companies have invested in India... In India if adverse conditions are created for these companies.. it will also affect American Economy... the effect is twofold..."

“And what India is going to loose in this episode?" One of the reporters, whose base must be Indian, asked.

John wanted break badly, but nobody was ready to allow him to take break. He continued..

“Most of the people preset here must be aware that during nineties there was a time when Indian Economy was on verge of collapsing... For foreign exchange they were required to sell their reserved gold at that time... But subsequently the Indian economy improved due to NRI investment in their country... One good thing also happened at that time... the software industry in India flourished..
And subsequently they started outsourcing for American companies... Today also the situation is such that the Indian economy is mostly dependant on outsourcing. If this 'Zero mystery' thing aggravates and persists for some more time...Indian economy would definitely collapse... People may agree or deny... Today situation is that India and America, both are dependants on each other." John had analyzed and explained the whole situation like an expert economist.

" By killing Dr. Kayum Khan and Vinay Joshi can we say that the problem is solved?'' One more reporter asked.

'' Unfortunately the answer to your question is 'No' ... Because they tried to make the relationship between America and India sore and tense... And the people like Dr. Kayum Khan and Vinay Joshi are simply instruments at their hands... Such operations would be tried in the future too... only the difference would be instead of Dr. Kayum Khan and Vinay Joshi, somebody else would be acting in their place."

" Then what is the way out?'' the reporter continued.

" There is only one way out.. American and Indian people should keep their minds calm and act wisely, understanding the purpose and seriousness in such incidences ... They should immediately stop riots... Because if it does not happen, it would be as good as they are successful in their objective... and it would lead to our own downfall... and then nobody would be able to overcome ... Now the time has come when people should become alert and wise.. They should not allow themselves to be victims of odd provoking..."

Now the reporters questions did not remain concerned with the main topic, they turned their attention to the one of the major global concern 'terrorism'. Therefore John thought it is better to wind up now, because 'terrorism' was not the topic of the press conference and he did not feel proper to talk on such issue, which was not his authority. The topic 'Zero mystery' for which the press conference was called, he felt almost all the sides of the topic he had touched and given the complete information to the reporters.

As he was about to wind up, a reporter said,

" You just can't run away from your responsibilities by handing over everything to the public" he said sarcastically.

John was about to turn, stopped,

" I never said so... whatever the responsibilities police had they will always stick to it...But since terrorism is not a simple incident ... its a phenomenon... therefore the public has more responsibilities... I just wish and pray that they understand their responsibilities'' John snapped.

" I think I have given the sufficient information about the case ... thank you" John turned to leave the press conference. On the way, the reporters were blocking his way to ask questions. The other policemen helped him to reach his vehicle through the jam pack crowd of reporters.

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Original Novel by Sunil Doiphode
English Version by Mugdha Apte

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